Difference between revisions of "Starter Dictionary"

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'''Simple Definition:''' ''A set or group of geospatial data with a common theme or association.''  
 
'''Simple Definition:''' ''A set or group of geospatial data with a common theme or association.''  
  
'''Additional Explanation or Clarification:''' Features belonging to a geospatial data set typically share a common feature schema or set of attributes. The term does not typically refer to a single feature. Geospatial datasets are often represented in a GIS by a thematic layer. Geospatial datasets are typically the main elements in a GIS Data model.  
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'''Additional Explanation or Clarification:''' [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Starter_Dictionary#Feature Features] belonging to a geospatial data set typically share a common [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Starter_Dictionary#Feature_Schema feature schema] or set of [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Starter_Dictionary#Feature_Attributes feature attributes]. The term does not typically refer to a single feature. Geospatial datasets are often represented in a GIS by a thematic layer. Geospatial datasets are typically the main elements in a GIS Data model.  
  
 
'''Example:''' An ESRI Shapefile with a set of line features representing city streets could be called a Geospatial data set.
 
'''Example:''' An ESRI Shapefile with a set of line features representing city streets could be called a Geospatial data set.

Revision as of 11:18, 18 December 2007

Feature

Feature Geometry

Feature Attribute

Feature Schema

Geospatial Data Set

Simple Definition: A set or group of geospatial data with a common theme or association.

Additional Explanation or Clarification: Features belonging to a geospatial data set typically share a common feature schema or set of feature attributes. The term does not typically refer to a single feature. Geospatial datasets are often represented in a GIS by a thematic layer. Geospatial datasets are typically the main elements in a GIS Data model.

Example: An ESRI Shapefile with a set of line features representing city streets could be called a Geospatial data set.

Associated Terms:

  • Gespatial Dataset Definition

References:

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Geospatial Metadata

Raster Data

Simple Feature

Vector Data